Edit your right-click menu

If you are anything like us, you install a lot of software – and uninstall a lot too. Some programs add menu items to your shell context menu (your right-click menu). Many times, in fact most times, when you uninstall a program that has added items to your right-click menu, the items on the context menu remain. This… Read More »

We may never see Windows 10

Darcy and I have differing opinions on Windows 8. She thinks it’s great, I think Microsoft made a huge mistake. In typical Microsoft fashion, they decided to make a one-size-fits-all operating system. Apple makes a different operating system for its phones and tablets than the one it uses on its laptops and desktops. Microsoft seems to want to… Read More »

Create and share your own themes with Windows 7

I’ve never been a big fan of themes, but many of you are. I like a plain simple desktop background color (black or dark purple). I know, I’m an old minimalist. But something you might not know is that you can create themes using Windows 7. That’s right. You, the artiste, can design, save, and quickly change your… Read More »

Thanksgiving

When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of myself as a young boy, watching the Thanksgiving parade on television; mom busy in the kitchen preparing our Thanksgiving dinner and the feeling of love all around. I remember a gray, cold and cloudy day; the steamy windows that cooking made and snowflakes in the air. This was my best… Read More »